AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates,
Ayman Safadi, visited Ramallah on Tuesday
and met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential
headquarters, according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
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Safadi conveyed a message from
His Majesty King Abdullah II to President Abbas as part of continuous coordination and
consultation on developments related to the Palestinian cause.
Abbas announced, on Tuesday, that the Palestinian
leadership is in the process of taking measures to confront the Israeli
escalation, and said that the current situation cannot continue.
In statements made while receiving Safadi, the
Palestinian president said that “the current situation cannot be tolerated in
the absence of a political horizon and international protection for the
Palestinian people.” He added that Israel is repudiating on its obligations in
accordance with signed agreements and resolutions of international legitimacy,
and continues with unilateral actions, especially in
Jerusalem. He cited “the
daily assaults on Al-Aqsa Mosque, the expulsion of Palestinians from
Jerusalem’s neighborhoods, the demolition of their homes, the killing of
children and defenseless people, settlement crimes, and settler terror.”
Abbas said the Palestinian leadership is about to
take measures to confront Israeli escalations in light of the international
community’s inability to compel Israel to comply with the resolutions of
international legitimacy, and to stop its “criminal and occupying practices and
measures of ethnic cleansing and racial discrimination, in light of the
American silence to these Israeli provocations and practices”.
Safadi was expected to hold a press conference with
his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad Al-Maliki, after the meeting, to talk about
the latest developments. His visit comes two days after Israel held the flag
march in occupied
East Jerusalem in defiance of international law and following
an escalation in breaches of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Jewish settlers.
Meanwhile, political advisor to Palestinian Foreign Minister
Ahmed Al-Deek said on Tuesday that “the
Jordanian and Palestinian sides are studying the best ways to respond to
ongoing Israeli escalations and will jointly identify the steps that must be
followed at the international level, whether in achieving the preservation of
the status quo in
Al-Aqsa Mosque or with regard to providing protection for
Jerusalem and its sanctities, as well as the best ways to restore the political
horizon for resolving the conflict.”
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